known as Fort Christiansborg or the Castle) is a castle located in Osu, Ghana, on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in Africa. A substantial fort was built...

settlements and forts were later incorporated into the British Gold Coast. On April 20, 1663, the Danish seizure of Fort Christiansborg and Carlsborg completed...

Fort Augustaborg was a Danish fort on the eastern Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, which was located about 15 km east of Fort Christiansborg near present-day...

Kpompo; Fort Christiansborg near Accra in 1661, which was purchased from Sweden; and Frederiksberg. The forts were Fort Fredensborg (1734), Fort Kongenstein...

Dutch Fort Crêvecœur (1649), and the Danish Fort Christiansborg (1652) along the coast of the then Gold Coast. Along with other castles and forts in Ghana...

Akwamu against local Accrans, who received support from the Danes at Fort Christiansborg. The assault resulted in military failure for the Akwamu, mainly...

around British Fort James, Dutch Fort Crêvecoeur (Ussher Fort), and Danish Fort Christiansborg as Jamestown, Usshertown, and Christiansborg respectively...

slave trade. Other Ghanaian slave castles include Elmina Castle and Fort Christiansborg. They were used to harbour enslaved Africans before they were loaded...

Coast (present-day Ghana): Fort Fredensborg (Ningo) Fort Christiansborg Fort Augustaborg (Tshi) Fort Prinsensten (Keta) Fort Kongensten (Ada). (Dates in...

was reappointed as administrator. On 20 April 1663, Fort Carlsborg and the capital Fort Christiansborg were again seized by the Dutch after a long defense...

settlements: Fort Apollonia, presently Beyin: 1655–1657. Fort Christiansborg/Fort Frederiksborg, which became the capital, presently Osu: 1652–1658 Fort Batenstein...

until his death in 1768, governing from the capital of the colony, Fort Christiansborg. Before Christian Tychsen, three Danes had been designated as commander...

surrendered. In 1659, the kingdom of Denmark–Norway constructed Fort Christiansborg near what is now Accra in Ghana. Used to control commerce in slaves...

Colony.[citation needed] He governed from the colony's capital, Fort Christiansborg. Tylleman was the first Danish Governor who reigned in the United...

area, but in 1663 were seized by the Danish after a long defense of Fort Christiansborg. The Dano-Norwegian colonized the Danish Gold Coast, from 1674 to...

taking up residence in Fort Christiansborg. On 12 February 1951, he authorised Kwame Nkrumah's release from imprisonment in James Fort. After independence...

other two were Osu Castle (Fort Christiansborg; Danish, 1652) and Jamestown, Ghana (Fort James; British, 1673). Citations "Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater...

The Gold Coast (located in the city of Accra in Ghana). Fort Christiansborg was the Danish fort that controlled the incomings and outgoings of slaves,...

1658–1660) Fort Apollonia, present Beyin: 1655–1657. Fort Christiansborg/Fort Frederiksborg, which became the capital, present Osu: 1652–1658 Fort Batenstein...

Cape Coast Fort Augustaborg at Teshie Fort São Sebastião de Xama. Fort William. Fort Amsterdam (Ghana) Fort Batenstein Fort Christiansborg Fort Victoria...

Shema (1637–1664, 1664–1871) Fort St. Jago (Fort Conraadsburg), Elmina Osu Castle (Fort Christiansborg), Osu, Accra Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya (1593–...

Swedish colonies in Africa include: Fort Christiansborg/Fort Frederiksborg (1652-1658), Fort Batenstein (1649-1656), Fort Witsen, (1653-1658), and Carolusberg...

seized Fort Nassau, Fort Amsterdam, Fort Lijdzaamheid, Fort Goede Hoop and Fort Crêvecoeur from the Dutch. The Dutch Republic only managed to seize Fort Sekondi...

lucrative Atlantic slave trade, through its trading outposts in Fort Christiansborg in Osu, Ghana through which 1.5 million slaves were traded. While...

Presbyterian Church, Osu Independence Arch Osu Castle (also known as Fort Christiansborg) Parliament House of Ghana Ridge Church School Greater Accra Regional...

Ghana) from 22 April 1650 to 20 April 1663, when Fort Carlsborg and the capital Fort Christiansborg were seized by Denmark. In 1652, the Swedes took Cape...

(unknown date) Osu Castle (Fort Christiansborg) 1658 – 1664 Anomabu 1658 – 1659 Cape Coast Castle (Fort Carlsborg) 1658 – 1664 Fort Frederiksborg 1659 – 1685...

West India Company on the Danish Gold Coast, before it was moved to Christiansborg Castle in Osu. In 1665 the English Royal African Company took over Cape...

British bought the Danish fort, Christiansborg Castle, and other possessions. Winniett and Freeman arrived at Christiansborg (now Osu), and received the...

trading post-fort Christiansborg on August 18, 1661. He ceded the beach of Osu to the Danes to start the building of the Christiansborg. His own generals...